Afternoon highs will climb into the lower to mid 50s. This will be considered a heat wave, compared to the weather this weekend, and then for midweek as well. INTO THE DEEP FREEZE: Dangerously cold temperatures will arrive Tuesday as a clipper system pushes a cold front across the state. Afternoon highs will be in the mid 30s Tuesday, will…
Southern states are banding together to promote civil rights tourism across the region. Fourteen states including all of the Deep South are joining to promote the U.S. Civil Rights Trail. It’s a tourism website and campaign that will highlight about 130 sites linked to the modern civil rights movement. The joint effort is being unveiled as part of the MLK…
The Montgomery County Board of Education voted six to one to approve Dr. Ann Roy Moore for the interim MPS superintendent Friday. She is a former superintendent of Huntsville City Schools and also worked on the team for the Selma City Schools state intervention. She says she looks forward to getting to work. Ann Roy Moore “coming in I would…
On Wednesday, January 10, Kelvin Golden, 32, of Evergreen, Alabama, was sentenced to 240 months (20 years) in federal prison for armed robbery, announced Louis V. Franklin, Sr., U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama. There is no parole in the federal system. In addition to 20 years in prison, Golden will be subject to five years of supervised…
Today, twenty-one suspected methamphetamine and heroin traffickers from the Enterprise and Dothan areas have been arrested during pre-dawn roundups, announced United States Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr. from the Middle District of Alabama. These arrests follow two federal grand jury indictments that charge five federal defendants with various narcotics trafficking crimes, including conspiracy, distribution, and possession of methamphetamine and heroin….
Alabama hospitals are filling up with patients because of a worsening influenza outbreak. The acting state health officer, Scott Harris, says hospitals in nearly one-third of Alabama’s counties are at 90 percent of their patient capacity, and some are full. UAB Hospital is rescheduling non-emergency elective operations to help free up bed space, and it’s asking visitors to stay away…
The high for today has already occurred; lower 60s. As the front swings through the state, widespread rain and gusty winds are occurring, but nothing expecting severe. A decent rainfall for most locations receiving one-half to one inch of rain. Temperatures will fall fast after frontal passage going from the 60s down through the 50s and 40s, and by late…
According to ALEA, a two-vehicle crash at 12:55 p.m. Thursday claimed the life of a child. The 9-year-old child was pronounced dead at the scene. Troopers say the 2004 Chevrolet Trailblazer she was riding in struck a 2011 Mack garbage truck. She was not using a seat belt. The driver, 31-year-old Robyn Elizabeth House of Eclectic, was injured and transported from the…
Governor Kay Ivey declared Thursday a State Public Health Emergency as the flu virus spreads across the state. As the flu virus spreads across the country, it can be especially serious for children. Of the more than 100 people who have died from the flu so far this season, 13 are children. “Unfortunately, it can cause a lot of complications. Children…
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging Alabama’s requirement to show photo identification at the polls. U.S. District Judge L. Scott Coogler on Wednesday ruled the provision does not violate the Voting Rights Act. Alabama in 2014 began requiring voters to show government-issued photo identification at the polls. Greater Birmingham Ministries and the NAACP filed the lawsuit in December…
